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The Qurʾān

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Sūrah 88

al-Ghāshiyah

The Overwhelming · 26 verses
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥeem
  1. 1Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]هَلۡ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلۡغَٰشِيَةِ
  2. 2[Some] faces, that Day, will be humbledوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ
  3. 3Working [hard] and exhaustedعَامِلَةٞ نَّاصِبَةٞ
  4. 4They will [enter to] burn in an intensely hot Fireتَصۡلَىٰ نَارًا حَامِيَةٗ
  5. 5They will be given drink from a boiling springتُسۡقَىٰ مِنۡ عَيۡنٍ ءَانِيَةٖ
  6. 6For them there will be no food except from a poisonous, thorny plantلَّيۡسَ لَهُمۡ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِن ضَرِيعٖ
  7. 7Which neither nourishes nor avails against hungerلَّا يُسۡمِنُ وَلَا يُغۡنِي مِن جُوعٖ
  8. 8[Other] faces, that Day, will show pleasureوُجُوهٞ يَوۡمَئِذٖ نَّاعِمَةٞ
  9. 9With their effort [they are] satisfiedلِّسَعۡيِهَا رَاضِيَةٞ
  10. 10In an elevated gardenفِي جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٖ
  11. 11Wherein they will hear no unsuitable speechلَّا تَسۡمَعُ فِيهَا لَٰغِيَةٗ
  12. 12Within it is a flowing springفِيهَا عَيۡنٞ جَارِيَةٞ
  13. 13Within it are couches raised highفِيهَا سُرُرٞ مَّرۡفُوعَةٞ
  14. 14And cups put in placeوَأَكۡوَابٞ مَّوۡضُوعَةٞ
  15. 15And cushions lined upوَنَمَارِقُ مَصۡفُوفَةٞ
  16. 16And carpets spread aroundوَزَرَابِيُّ مَبۡثُوثَةٌ
  17. 17Then do they not look at the camels - how they are createdأَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡإِبِلِ كَيۡفَ خُلِقَتۡ
  18. 18And at the sky - how it is raisedوَإِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ كَيۡفَ رُفِعَتۡ
  19. 19And at the mountains - how they are erectedوَإِلَى ٱلۡجِبَالِ كَيۡفَ نُصِبَتۡ
  20. 20And at the earth - how it is spread outوَإِلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ كَيۡفَ سُطِحَتۡ
  21. 21So remind, [O Muḥammad]; you are only a reminderفَذَكِّرۡ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٞ
  22. 22You are not over them a controllerلَّسۡتَ عَلَيۡهِم بِمُصَيۡطِرٍ
  23. 23However, he who turns away and disbelievesإِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ
  24. 24Then Allāh will punish him with the greatest punishmentفَيُعَذِّبُهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡعَذَابَ ٱلۡأَكۡبَرَ
  25. 25Indeed, to Us is their returnإِنَّ إِلَيۡنَآ إِيَابَهُمۡ
  26. 26Then indeed, upon Us is their accountثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيۡنَا حِسَابَهُم